Trib poll shows presidential race in Pennsylvania remains too close to call ".....The poll showed the race for Pennsylvanias 20 electoral votes locked up at 47 percent in its final week. Romney was scheduled to campaign in the Philadelphia area on Sunday, and former President Bill Clinton planned to stump for Obama on Monday. The campaigns have begun to saturate the airwaves with millions of dollars in presidential advertising.

Theyre both in here because of exactly what youre seeing in this poll, said Jim Lee, president of Susquehanna Polling & Research, which surveyed 800 likely voters Oct. 29-31. Most of the interviews occurred after Hurricane Sandy inundated Eastern and Central Pennsylvania. The polls error margin is 3.46 percentage points.

Nearly 60 percent of people say the country is on the wrong track, and economic concerns continue to dominate. Almost half of likely voters say economic issues are the primary driver of their choice for president.

Im concerned about all the young people graduating from college, whether theyre finding jobs, said Pauline Hoxie, 84, a Republican from Jersey Shore in Lycoming County. Her grandson graduated with a degree in graphic design but works a manual labor job because he cant find openings in his field, she said.

Democrats shrugged off the Romney campaigns late play for Pennsylvania, sending emails to supporters and journalists showing past Republican presidential candidates doing the same thing. Pennsylvania hasnt given its electoral votes to the Republican candidate since 1988......"

It’s tightened in Obama’s favor. This polling outfit 2 weeks ago had Romney up 49-45, now he’s tied 47-47. The momentum is with Obama in PA. Romney shouldn’t be wasting time campaigning here. He’s not going to break a 20 year trend and pull this one out, especially when he’s in the process of losing momentum.

Romney will not retake the lead or reverse BamBam's so-called "momentum" by giving up on PA. Besides, Mitt isn't in this to squander money. The campaign's internals, I would think, indicate that PA is in play or they wouldn't be hitting the airwaves with 10's of millions of $.

This is the time to go b*lls to the wall & it sure as heck isn't the time to go all wobbly

I think you are wrong about PA this time. There are a lot of things none of these polls have taken into account that are overwhelmingly in Romney’s favor, not the least of which are votes from PA Jews all over the world who would usuallyhave voted democrat. Not this year. Not for obama. Plus you have the miners union for Romney thanks to obama’s war on coal and epa overreaches with landowners and farmers here.

Not true. Romney was +4 in that mid-October Susquehanna PA poll and it made big news here and on Drudge at the time. This new Susquehanna poll that's tied reflects the same tightening of the race and decline in Romney's numbers that we're seeing in the national polls, particularly Gallup. The previous poll:

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